Workmen at the Atlantic Terracotta works in Rocky Hill, New Jersey

The Atlantic Terra Cotta Company, established in 1846 as A. Hall and Sons Terra Cotta, was founded in

Perth Amboy, New Jersey Perth Amboy is a city (New Jersey), city in Middlesex County, New Jersey, Middlesex County, New Jersey. Perth Amboy is part of the New York metropolitan area. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 U.S. census, the city's population was 55,4 ...

due to Perth Amboy's rich supplies of

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. It was one of the first successful

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companies in the

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. Originally, the company produced

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and household wares but transitioned to

items. The company, always located at 59 Buckingham Avenue, changed its name to the

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and then to Atlantic Terra Cotta which, as the preeminent architectural terra cotta producer in the United States, went on to produce in its

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the

for such notable buildings as the

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, the

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, and the

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References

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Atlantic Terra Cotta Company Records
at the University of Texas {{DEFAULTSORT:Atlantic Terra Cotta Company Perth Amboy, New Jersey Companies based in Middlesex County, New Jersey Companies established in 1846 1846 establishments in New Jersey American companies disestablished in 1943

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